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en-USCanton Pair Featured in Saturday's New York Timeshttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/sports/canton-pair-featured-saturdays-new-york-times
<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/NYTimes%201-10.jpg" /><br />Canton ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White are featured in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/sports/olympics/09skate.html?ref=sports">Saturday's New York Times</a>. Read about their international success and bid for Olympic gold in Vancouver!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/sports/canton-pair-featured-saturdays-new-york-times#commentsSportsCantonsportsSat, 09 Jan 2010 15:30:47 +0000mclaughc15406 at http://www.cantonpl.orgMeL Users' Turn to Talkhttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/interlibrary-loan/mel-users-turn-talk
<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/mel_thumbnail_0.gif" style="float:left;" />If you are already using online resources and/or are an avid borrower of materials sent here for your use from other libraries, take the <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2KHXTR5pJFQYk_2biMlqRt9Q_3d_3d">MeL survey</a> and tell the people in Lansing who make it possible how they're doing. If not, why not find out about <a href="http://elibrary.mel.org/search">this service</a>!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/interlibrary-loan/mel-users-turn-talk#commentsILLinterlibrary loanMeLThu, 05 Nov 2009 21:17:33 +0000mclaughc14311 at http://www.cantonpl.orgChanges in the Museum Adventure Pass Programhttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/changes-museum-adventure-pass-program
<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/maplogo1.gif" style="float:left;" />This weekend the 174 libraries in southeast Michigan that participate in <a href="http://www.detroitadventurepass.org/">Macy's Museum Adventure Pass program</a> will transition from year two to year three. Four museums dropped out and four new ones have been added: the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Shalom Street, and the Troy Museum and Historic Village. You can see the <a href="http://catalog.cantonpl.org/search/tmuseum+adventure+pass&amp;sortdropdown=t">entire list and availability</a> of passes in the library catalog.http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/changes-museum-adventure-pass-program#commentsFri, 23 Oct 2009 20:08:57 +0000mclaughc14182 at http://www.cantonpl.orgCollege Football in Our Backyard -- Almosthttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/sports/college-football-our-backyard-almost
<img class="image image-preview" height="86" alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/bowlsap.jpg" width="155" style="float:left;" />Saturday's college football includes action just a few miles down the road as <a href="http://www.emueagles.com/news/2009/9/14/FB_0914094648.aspx?path=football">Eastern Michigan University</a> takes on the <a href="http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/gameday-central-09.html">University of Michigan</a>. You can read what each school says about Saturday's contest and even more football facts in the library's <a href="http://catalog.cantonpl.org/search/X?SEARCH=college+football">sports collection</a>. Go Eagles, Go Blue!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/sports/college-football-our-backyard-almost#commentsSportsCollege SportsThu, 17 Sep 2009 21:35:00 +0000mclaughc13801 at http://www.cantonpl.orgemail@cantonpl.orghttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/fiction/help-our-staff-help-you
You might be able to help us save some of your tax dollars by allowing us to put your email address in your patron record. We won’t send you anything except circulation notices — the item you put on hold is ready to be picked up, the library materials you have out will be due back in two days, reminders of materials you haven’t returned yet — that we would otherwise have to send by printed notices or telephone message. In fact, our “courtesy notices”, those messages we send two days before your items are due back to the library, can <em>only</em> be sent by email — and you’re missing out (and possibly paying overdue fines) if we don’t have your email address. Using email to contact you is also GREEN! We won’t be using paper or postage if we can contact you by email. Just stop at the Checkout Desk and give a staff member your email address, and if you don’t have an email address, ask a librarian at the Reference Desk how you can get started.http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/fiction/help-our-staff-help-you#commentsFictionNon-fictionAudiobookBooksMusic/CDsVideo GamesInternational LanguageslibraryThu, 03 Sep 2009 20:42:19 +0000mclaughc13672 at http://www.cantonpl.orgLibrary Volunteers Wanted (Needed!)http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/library/library-volunteers-wanted-needed
<p>The library is SO busy, and you're checking out and returning SO many books on CD, DVDs, and of course books that we are having a hard time getting them back on the shelf. If you can volunteer to help us on a regular basis we'd be SO grateful! To volunteer, just fill out <a href="/sites/default/files/CPL_Volunteer_Application.pdf">this short form</a> and return it to Kathie Gladden at the library. And thank you!</p>http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/library/library-volunteers-wanted-needed#commentslibraryVolunteerMon, 20 Jul 2009 20:42:03 +0000mclaughc13050 at http://www.cantonpl.orgLibrary Sets Another Circulation Record!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/library/library-sets-another-circulation-record
Each year the library checks out its one millionth item a little earlier. In 2008 it was Wednesday, July 23, that our circulation for the year reached 1,000,000. This year it was this past Wednesday, July 1, that the one millionth item was checked out. Thank you for supporting our efforts!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/library/library-sets-another-circulation-record#commentscirculationlibraryFri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:37 +0000mclaughc12876 at http://www.cantonpl.orgMichigan eLibrary Down Wednesday, April 15thhttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/library/michigan-elibrary-down-wednesday-april-15th
MeL, the Michigan Electronic Library, will be down all day Wednesday for system maintenance. As a result,<img class="image image-preview" height="50" alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/mel_thumbnail_0.gif" width="100" style="float:right;" /><ul><li>No one will be able to search MeLCat or place MeLCat requests
</li><li>No one will be able to renew MeLCat items </li>
</ul><p>Stop at or call the Reference Desk for MeL assistance during this time.</p>http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/library/michigan-elibrary-down-wednesday-april-15th#commentsinterlibrary loanlibrarylibrary catalogTue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:55 +0000mclaughc11911 at http://www.cantonpl.orgRemember the Library Catalog's Former Look?http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/books/remember-library-catalogs-former-look
The library's online catalog has matured and provides users with a lot more information than it used to. Remember the blu<img class="image image-preview" title="Library Catalog Circa 1993" style="float:left;border-right:#000000 1px solid;border-top:#000000 1px solid;border-left:#000000 1px solid;border-bottom:#000000 1px solid;" height="131" alt="Library Catalog Circa 1993" src="/sites/default/files/images/image002.preview.jpg" width="200" />e background screens and text-based options of author, title, subject, words? Well, look at the catalog now! You get the cover image, a tag cloud (keywords based on the item's content), the option to save the record and rate it, the ability to limit your search, hyperlinks to other items, and reviews. Ask a staff member to show you how everything works.<img class="image image-preview" style="border-right:#000000 1px solid;border-top:#000000 1px solid;border-left:#000000 1px solid;width:200px;border-bottom:#000000 1px solid;height:152px;" height="150" alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/image001.preview.jpg" width="200" /><br /><br /><br />http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/books/remember-library-catalogs-former-look#commentsBooksWebsiteslibraryFri, 13 Mar 2009 16:16:53 +0000mclaughc10946 at http://www.cantonpl.orgLibrary Seem Busy? It is!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/news/library-seem-busy-it
14% more items were checked out last month than in February 2008! 156,522 items were checked out last month, and nearly 12% more items were checked out this January than last January. The library really <strong>is</strong> much busier. Our staff recently implemented changes to check items in and get them back on the shelf more efficiently, and it's a good thing we did with numbers like these!http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/news/library-seem-busy-it#commentsNewsLibrary CirculationWed, 04 Mar 2009 20:30:47 +0000mclaughc10848 at http://www.cantonpl.orgGreat Travel Info Available at the Libraryhttp://www.cantonpl.org/blog/travel/great-travel-info-available-library
<img class="image image-thumbnail" style="float:left;margin:7px;width:120px;height:85px;" height="75" alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Calif%20coast%202.09.thumbnail.JPG" width="100" />I just returned from a vacation on the Pacific coast of California. Here's a photo I took. A book I used to plan my trip is <a href="http://catalog.cantonpl.org/search/X?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=california+parks&amp;searchscope=10&amp;SORT=D">Experience the California Coast</a> and here is a <a href="http://catalog.cantonpl.org/search~S10?/dCalifornia+--+Maps/dcalifornia+maps/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=dcalifornia+maps+tourist&amp;1%2C1%2C">map</a> of the area from the library's collection.http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/travel/great-travel-info-available-library#commentsTravelAdultsParentsSeniorsBookstourismtravelFri, 06 Feb 2009 17:35:11 +0000mclaughc10477 at http://www.cantonpl.org